cytarabine

Definitions

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n. A particular drug used in chemotherapy.

Etymologies

Short for cytosine arabinoside. (Wiktionary)

Examples

The shortage of the chemotherapy drug, called cytarabine, is so severe that major cancer and academic medical centers are rationing the drug while other hospitals have run out and are scrambling to get more.